"It's a musical journey" - U2 POLL RESULTS

Next up is my #1. The relative lack of interest in it perplexes me. At least it beat my #2, which got ZERO from everyone else.

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48 Exit
117 points, four votes, one first place
The Joshua Tree (1987)

October is definitely a hugely underappreciated LP, and I'm guilty there as well... I did choose two songs from it, though.

STILL nothing??!! Right, time for some Rattle & Hum magic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkWPbarTgs0

Adam looks like a member of Japan in that last photo.

I liked "Exit" a lot in 1987!

Nowadays, I dunno; I hold the band's big dramas at arm's length.

Always get the urge to yell Horses! Horses! Horses! during that song.

Heh. Half of pandemic's ballot was Joshua Tree, and this is the one he missed, the fool.

It probably wouldn't make my #1 now - that'd likely be a deep cut from Achtung Baby - but it's still great and the dynamic shift is quite something.

Goodbye Exit, I tried. A couple of early 'uns now. This was our other tie.

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46 11 O’Clock Tick Tock
122 points, six votes
single (1980)

'Trip Through Your Wires' is a pretty ok tune until Bono goes overboard with his "OHAHHNEED, OHAHHNNEEED" etc. Basically one of the earlier artifacts of Bono Overdrive that would kill off so many song after that.

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46 A Day Without Me
122 points, five votes
Boy (1980)

The 'I hear the children crying' lyric is a bit embarrassing, but 11 O'Clock Tick Tock is a sweet tune. One of Dave's better solos too.

For a split second I wondered how they got a shot of young Bono hanging with Dylan.

And why Dylan was playing an Explorer.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THE EDGE!

He's 50. 50 years old.

Glad to see some of my picks coming up here too.

Love these photos, kinda wish every one had Adam with the poofy hair. I'm guessing the '80s deep-cut landslide doesn't auger a '00s comeback in the Top 40, but happy to be relistening to these.

I feel like the last three albums suffer the same way as what I was talking about with October, in that I can't pick out a theme - pretty sure this unfair especially to No Line On The Horizon, but it just hasn't happened for me. Maybe they just need time.

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45 Love Comes Tumbling
123 points, six votes
b-side to The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

Occurred to me that some of my fave U2 tracks at the ones featuring Adam slapping the bass.

yeah i love how U2 and REM would occasionally sneak slap bass into '80s college rock

The point when the blurriest part of Love Come Tumbling (with the vocal "ba-ba-ba"s) fades out and the the echoey guitar arpeggio reappears is one of my favorite U2 moments.

the Exit photo puts me in mind of a fop trying to sneak unnoticed past a building site

most of the above tracks are tracks that I love

thought 'exit' would do better

was terribly impressed by the R&H film version, when I didn't know the song

seems like a good place to put this, i dunno how anyone could stay mad at Bono and Edge after they watch it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIdTSlqYpj8

Happy to see several of my votes make it to the list.

I've called October my favourite U2 album for a long time - I was surprised when I found out it was so disliked. I spent many evenings wandering about after dark listening to it on my walkman ca. 1987/88. It's the most "post-punk" sounding U2 album - atmospheric and dark - less pop. (This is probably the same reason I've long preferred the Joshua Tree b-sides over much of what made it onto the album.) I didn't expect anything from October to get votes from anyone else, except maybe "Gloria."

I'm surprised to see "Surrender" place so low. Love "Exit." Hate "Trip Through Your Wires" with a passion.

^^^ one of mine
--livin in my own private Biden hole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

In my top 10 iirc. Is Zooropa still underrated around here/in general?

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44 Dirty Day
126 points, six votes
Zooropa (1993)

I dunno, Zooropa has quite a few amazing moments but I was a bit underwhelmed by it this time around (I knew it before). Achtung Baby, on the other hand, blows me away now.

Wow. Glad we went Top 60. Nice to know I'm not alone in my love for Dirty Day.

My #3!

I'm looking forward to watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S72kzwjbJlk&feature=related

Think "Dirty Day" is in my top 10.

Mine as well. The days, days, days run away like horses over the hills.

Zooropa is such a strange album because it's pretty uneven but the highs are so high, the first half in particular is flawless and contains my top two for this poll.

Wow, I'll be grabbing some the stills from that youtube for the later jpgs!

Love Dirty Day <3

The next one really should be much higher...

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43 Twilight
141 points, five votes
Boy (1980)

it's kind of fun as a casual fan to see how far up we can get on this poll before i see a song i can hum when i read the title

the next one will probably do it for you

and if not, the one after

some dude, "I Threw A Brick Through A Window" is a great song, you should check it out

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42 Numb
142 points, seven votes
Zooropa (1993)

yeah, listening right now, this is pretty good! one of these days i definitely need to spend a good amount of time w/ the pre-Joshua Tree LPs. (xpost)

"Love Comes Tumbling" was about as obscure as my ballot got, but that song's a keeper; the sound is close to Fables of the Reconstruction, with Bono's vocal sounding like Elvis circa 1966 (think "Beyond the Reef").

last one for today, should meet the humming test...

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41 Discotheque
148 points, nine votes, one most hated
Pop (1997)

voted for it!

Me too!

As most hated... cannot stand it and it was the moment where U2 and I definitely parted ways.

I can get with that list, except I like All I Want is You a lot.

It's not the way I'd rank them. 'Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses' would be a hell of a lot higher, for a start.